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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
A Baltimore judge orders the release of Adnan Syed, whose 1999 murder trial gained widespread attention via the Serial podcast, after overturning his conviction — A Baltimore judge on Monday ordered the release of Adnan Syed after overturning Syed's conviction for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee …
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Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Internal email: Bustle Digital Group is shuttering its tech title Input and laying off 19 staffers, including 10 at pop culture outlet Mic, mostly in editorial — The downturn in the digital advertising market has affected yet another publisher, marking at least the third official round of layoffs prompted by the slowdown since May.
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Knight Foundation:
The Knight Foundation announces $4.75M for the Institute for Nonprofit News, $2.85M for LION Publishers, and $2.01M for CUNY's Center for Community Media — Knight commits more than $9 million to uplift vital networks for nonprofit, for-profit, diverse local news publishers
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Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
An ad blackout during the Queen's funeral cost UK broadcasters, radio stations, digital platforms, and outdoor ad giants a lot of revenue despite extra sales — Block on adverts around coverage will hit broadcasters hard and could cancel out payday for newspapers from extra sales
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K.J. Yossman / Variety:
Paramount-owned Channel 5 was the only UK broadcaster that didn't air any royal-related coverage during the Queen's funeral, and instead showed The Emoji Movie — While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV broadcast the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 instead broadcast …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Mainstream media still refuses to call the MAGA movement a far-right cult, even after Donald Trump's Ohio rally with a QAnon soundtrack and one-armed salutes — Donald Trump has gone full QAnon. As he spoke during a rally for Ohio Republican candidates on Saturday, a soundtrack associated with the conspiracy theory played.
Jem Aswad / Variety:
Sources: YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl is the frontrunner to be Warner Music Group's next CEO; current CEO Steve Cooper is stepping down in 2023 — When YouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl announced late last month that he'll be leaving the company after 12 years in the job …
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Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
After Will Smith's Oscar slap, sources detail Apple's dilemma over releasing Emancipation, the $120M Civil War drama starring Smith that wrapped earlier in 2022 — The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year. Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.
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Sandra E. Garcia / New York Times:
A profile of GQ editor Will Welch, appointed in 2018, as he tries to revitalize the storied men's magazine to reflect a “new masculinity” in the post-#MeToo age — When he got the job as top editor, a friend told him, “Yikes.” Now, with an assist from Brad Pitt, he has remade the men's magazine for the post-#MeToo age.
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Politico:
Sources detail growing pains at LA Times relating to its billionaire owner Dr. Soon-Shiong, as he and his family face allegations of meddling with coverage — This past May, a young reporter for the Los Angeles Times working a weekend shift filed a 190-word story about people suspected …
Errin Haines / The 19th:
A survey of 20,799 US adults: 63% agree news is critical to democracy but 31% feel coverage almost never accurately reflects issues faced by people like them — This week, The 19th made history again. Our poll of more than 20,000 Americans across race, age, gender, education, income …
Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg:
Conservative video platform Rumble, backed by Peter Thiel, closed up 39.62% after going public via a SPAC merger at a $2.1B valuation, raising $400M — Rumble Inc., the conservative video network backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, became a publicly traded company Monday through a deal …
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